EPISODE · Aug 11, 2020 · 6 MIN
Trump’s EPA slashes methane regulations
from POLITICO Energy · host POLITICO
In his last year in office, President Obama signed regulations on the amount of methane that new oil and gas wells release into the atmosphere. But this week, the Trump administration is set to axe this regulation, a move that could especially help small producers. Today, POLITICO’s Zack Colman and Alex Guillen, on the significance of this rule’s rollback. Anthony Adragna is an energy reporter for POLITICO.Carlos Prieto is a Politico podcast producer.Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio.Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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In his last year in office, President Obama signed regulations on the amount of methane that new oil and gas wells release into the atmosphere. But this week, the Trump administration is set to axe this regulation, a move that could especially help small producers. Today, POLITICO’s Zack Colman and Alex Guillen, on the significance of this rule’s rollback. Anthony Adragna is an energy reporter for POLITICO.Carlos Prieto is a Politico podcast producer.Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio.Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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